On discovery --
On fathers --
The father from China --
The ghostmate --
The Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains --
On mortality --
On mortality again --
The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains --
The laws --
Alaska China men --
The making of more Americans --
The wild man of the Green Swamp --
The adventures of Lo Bun Sun --
The American father --
The Li Sao: an elegy --
The brother in Vietnam --
The hundred-year-old man --
On listening.

Responsabilidad:

Maxine Hong Kingston.

Resumen:

A history of the men in the author's family. Describes their pains and joys as they become American.

"On discovery -- On fathers -- The father from China -- The ghostmate -- The Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains -- On mortality -- On mortality again -- The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains -- The laws -- Alaska China men -- The making of more Americans -- The wild man of the Green Swamp -- The adventures of Lo Bun Sun -- The American father -- The Li Sao: an elegy -- The brother in Vietnam -- The hundred-year-old man -- On listening."@en